Chris Knight

The Oscar shorts are a mixed bag, but I LOVED Perfectly a Strangeness (doc), The Three Sisters (Animated), The Singers and Jane Austen's Period Drama (live-action). Review here... original-cin.ca/posts/2026/2...

TFCA Friday: Movie Reviews for February 20 - Toronto Film Critics Association Movie reviews for EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, Midwinter Break, How to Make a Killing, and the Oscar nominated short films: animated, live action, and documentary.

Plus:

@chrisknightfilm.bsky.social on the Oscar shorts

@annebrodie.bsky.social on Christine Jessop

@filmfest.bsky.social on editing Elvis

@hertzbarry.bsky.social remembers Robert Duvall

@patmullen.bsky.social remembers Fred Wiseman

and more! 🍿
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TFCA Friday: Movie Reviews for February 13 - Toronto Film Critics Association Movie reviews for Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie; Sirat, Montreal, My Beautiful; Pillion; Wuthering Heights; Cold Storage; and more!

This week in movies!

On NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE 🍟

"very, very funny" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social

"you’ll want to see it again" - @glennsumi.bsky.social

"A wonderfully chaotic concoction" - @hertzbarry.bsky.social
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TFCA Friday: Week of July 4 - Toronto Film Critics Association Movie reviews for 40 Acres, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Sorry Baby, Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print, Heads of State, Cabin Caring, and more!

On JURASSIC WORLD[:] REBIRTH 🦖

"new people in the same old situations" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social

"overstuffed, clunky & averse to basic human logic" - @andrewjparker.bsky.social

"Edwards...in pure director-for-hire mode" - @hertzbarry.bsky.social
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It says something about the Irish sense of humour that the Dublin Airport waiting lounge is decorated with a quotation from Waiting for Godot… #DUB

TFCA Friday: Week of June 6 - Toronto Film Critics Association Movie reviews for The Phoenician Scheme, Ballerina, Dangerous Animals, Digital Tsunami, I Don't Understand You, Straw, and more!

On I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU 😖

"the one-joke film is repetitive and unfunny" - @joelipsett.bsky.social

"can’t maintain a consistent tone" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social

"Kroll and Rannells do well as the gay couple" - Gilbert Seah

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TFCA Friday: Week of May 23 - Toronto Film Critics Association Movie reviews for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Lilo & Stitch, Fear Street: Prom Queen, Bad Shabbos, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, and more.

This week in movies!

On #TheFinalReckoning

"doesn’t quite match the summer-popcorn insanity of the last one" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social

"an interminable slog" - @lizbraun.bsky.social

"clunky and confusing" - @jacksonweaver.bsky.social

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Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Bar International Students at Harvard

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/u... I tend to read about Trump’s setbacks. Keeps me up to date on what he’s trying to do, and I enjoy the schadenfreude.

What's next for Canada's newest minority government? The Liberals fell three seats short of a majority. The Bloc has said they won't bring down the government. Here's what happens next.

Mark Carney was elected to a minority government.

But with the opposition parties diminished and in disarray, he should be able to govern as if he had a majority, for up to a year.

I spoke with the National Post's @ChrisKnightfilm.bsky.social, on the coming political ballet.

via.maharaj.org/min 📰

TFCA Friday: Week of April 11 - Toronto Film Critics Association Movie reviews for Drop, Warfare, The Amateur, One to One: John and Yoko, Sacramento, G20, Resident Orca, and more!

On RESIDENT ORCA 🐋

"Wads of Kleenex recommended" - Kim Hughes

On SACRAMENTO 🚗

"has a tendency to mistake extreme emotional moments with meaningful ones" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social
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Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.

The Trump tariffs hit Antarctic islands inhabited by zero humans and many penguins: www.wired.com/story/trump-...

To me, he’ll always be Chris Knight in 1985’s Real Genius. RIP Val Kilmer.

Bong Joon Ho is out of control!

Last night's #Bloodmoon lunar eclipse. Not exactly blood-coloured, but it was nice to see it.

How to watch Thursday's 'blood moon,' a repeat of one seen by Columbus Lunar eclipses, also known as "blood moons," occur twice a year on average. But this is an exact replica of one not seen since 1504.

Curious about tomorrow night's lunar eclipse? I've got you covered like the Earth's shadow!
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TFCA Friday: Week of March 7 - Toronto Film Critics Association Movie reviews for Seven Veils, Night of the Zoopocalypse, Shepherds, The Last Republican, The Rule of Jenny Pen, Mikey 17, and more!

On MICKEY 17 🧑‍🚀

"muddled execution" - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social

"a long ride" - Karen Gordon

"a poorly written narrative mess" - Gilbert Seah

On THE SILENT PLANET 🌚

"doesn’t skimp on the tertiary background details" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social

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C.I.A. Director Says U.S. Has Paused Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine Trump administration officials say the halt in assistance is a warning to the Ukrainians of the consequences of not cooperating with the president.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/u... This is stunning news. I was unaware of any U.S. intelligence for the last several weeks.

Oh, I see what you're up to, #Andor

Parking meters in the Beach have been covered, presumably to stop people from parking on Queen while the city clears the snow. But since people will park, it just amounts to free parking. #Toronto

Heroic Dog Saves Family Of 5 From Herb-Roasted Chicken TACOMA, WA—Operating on pure natural instinct while leaping into action to protect his beloved owners, heroic dog Snickers saved a local family of five from the threat of an herb-roasted chicken, sources confirmed Wednesday. “It was a close call, but luckily Snickers could sense the golden brown skin of the chicken we’d just roasted for […]

Heroic Dog Saves Family Of 5 From Herb-Roasted Chicken
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Resisting comes in all forms. Here is a very creative one starting to pop up.

#Movies I feel like Ke Huy Quan and I have different feelings about his new film, #LoveHurts
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Yours to Re-discover: Ali Weinstein on the Magic of Ontario Place - Toronto Film Critics Association An interview with Your Tomorrow director Ali Weinstein on her documentary about Ontario Place and the role of public spaces in urban life.

"There was so much idealism and so much vision for this futuristic place."

Ali Weinstein tells @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social about exploring the magic of Ontario Place in Rogers Best Canadian Documentary nominee #YourTomorrow
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The #weather outside is frightful, but oh so #Canadian! #CanadaProud